英汉词典

waste 基本解释

• n. 浪费；废物；荒地；损耗；地面风化物
• vt. 浪费；消耗；使荒芜
• vi. 浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财
• adj. 废弃的；多余的；荒芜的

waste 词态变化

waste 中文词源

来自拉丁语vastus,空的，荒废的，词源同vain,vast。引申词义浪费。

waste 英文词源

waste

waste: [12] The etymological notions underlying waste are ‘emptiness’ and ‘desolation’. Its main modern sense, ‘squander’, is a comparatively recent development, first recorded in English in the 14th century. Its ultimate source is Latin vāstus ‘empty’, which has also given English devastate and vast. From this was formed the verb vāstāre ‘devastate, lay waste’, which passed into English via Old Northern French waster. The derivative wastrel dates from the 16th century.
=> devastate, vast

waste (v.)

c. 1200, "devastate, ravage, ruin," from Anglo-French and Old North French waster "to waste, squander, spoil, ruin" (Old French gaster; Modern French gâter), altered (by influence of Frankish *wostjan) from Latin vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate, waste" (see vain). Related: wasted; wasting.

The Germanic word also existed in Old English as westan "to lay waste, ravage." Spanish gastar, Italian guastare also are from Germanic. Meaning "to lose strength or health; pine; weaken" is attested from c. 1300; the sense of "squander, spend or consume uselessly" is first recorded mid-14c.; meaning "to kill" is from 1964. Waste not, want not attested from 1778.

waste (n.)

c. 1200, "desolate regions," from Anglo-French and Old North French wast "waste, damage, destruction; wasteland, moor" (Old French gast), from Latin vastum, neuter of vastus "waste" (see waste (v.)).

Replaced or merged with Old English westen, woesten "a desert, wilderness," from the Latin word. Meanings "consumption, depletion," also "useless expenditure" are from c. 1300; sense of "refuse matter" is attested from c. 1400. Waste basket first recorded 1850.

waste (adj.)

c. 1300, of land, "desolate, uncultivated," from Anglo-French and Old North French waste (Old French gaste), from Latin vastus (see waste (v.)). From c. 1400 as "superfluous, excess;" 1670s as "unfit for use." Waste-paper attested from 1580s.

waste 词组搭配

waste 英文释义

1. any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted;

"they collect the waste once a week"

"much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers"

2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly;

"if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"

"mindless dissipation of natural resources"

3. the trait of wasting resources;

"a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"

"the wastefulness of missed opportunities"

4. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation;

"the barrens of central Africa"

"the trackless wastes of the desert"

5. (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

waste 同义词解析

waste, garbage, rubbish, litter, debris, junk

这些名词均含"废物，垃圾"之意。

waste： 普通用词，概念广泛，指任何被丢弃的东西。

garbage： 主要指有机废料，包括厨房的剩菜剩饭或不能再用的食物。也可作引申用。

rubbish： 普通用词，指任何成堆的、破损的、用过的或无用的东西，尤指弃掉的垃圾堆。也可作引申用。

litter： 是四下乱丢物品的总称，尤指散落于地，有碍观瞻的废物。

debris： 着重指分解、分裂或破坏后剩下的碎片，也指零散的普通废品。

junk： 指回收的旧汽车或大型机器，也指毫无实用价值，或破烂物体，但不指垃圾。

waste 双语例句

1. At the entry for " kill " , my thesaurus lists " murder " , " assassinate " and " waste " .

我的同义词词典在kill条目中列出murder, assassinate, waste 词条.

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2. Solid low-level waste will be disposed of deep underground.

放射性水平低的固体废料将做地下深埋处理。

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3. They make compost out of all kinds of waste.

他们用各种废料制造堆肥。

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4. Overcrowding has taxed the city's ability to deal with waste.

人口过多使得城市的垃圾处理能力达到了极限。

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5. The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.

能从其他废料中分离出可重复利用成分是很关键的。

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waste 实用场景例句

to waste time/food/energy

浪费时间 / 食物 / 能源

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Why waste money on clothes you don't need?

为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？

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She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .

她当即拒绝了提议。

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You're wasting your time trying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand) .

你跟他解释是在浪费时间。

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Don't waste your sympathy on him─he got what he deserved.

别把你的同情心白白浪费在他的身上，他是咎由自取。

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Her comments were not wasted on Chris (= he understood what she meant) .

她对克里斯的一席话没有白费。

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It was a wasted opportunity.

这白白浪费了一次机会。

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You're wasted as a sales manager─you should have been an actor.

你当销售经理屈才了，你本应该做演员。

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I hate unnecessary waste.

我憎恨不必要的浪费。

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It seems such a waste to throw good food away.

把好的食物扔掉似乎太浪费了。

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I hate to see good food go to waste (= be thrown away) .

我不愿看到好好的食物被扔掉。

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The report is critical of the department's waste of resources.

报告批评了这个部门对资源的浪费。

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What a waste of paper!

多么浪费纸啊！

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There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them...

原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。

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I resolved not to waste money on a hotel...

我决心不住酒店，以免浪费钱。

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The packets are measured to reduce waste...

包裹的大小经过测量以减少浪费。

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I hate waste.

我讨厌浪费。

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Congress passed a law that regulates the disposal of waste...

国会通过了一项规范废弃物处理的法律。

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Up to 10 million tonnes of toxic wastes are produced every year in the UK.

英国每年会产生多达1,000万吨的有毒废弃物。

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Let's not waste an opportunity to see the children...

咱们别错过了看孩子们的机会。

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It was a wasted opportunity.

这是一个错失了的良机。

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All the well-meant, sincere advice is largely wasted on him.

他对所有善意、真挚的建议基本都无动于衷。

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There was a patch of waste land behind the church...

教堂的后面有一块荒地。

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Yarrow can be found growing wild in fields and on waste ground.

田野里和荒地上会疯长蓍草。

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...the barren wastes of the Sahara.

贫瘠的撒哈拉沙漠

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So much of his enormous effort and talent will go to waste if we are forced to drop one hour of the film...

如果我们被迫把电影缩短1小时，那么他付出的许多努力就会白费，他的才华也将大半被淹没。

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Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.

“墨西哥的烹调注重俭省，”她说，“任何东西都不会浪费。”

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The war has laid waste large regions of the countryside.

这场战争摧毁了大片村庄。

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...cities laid waste by the decline of traditional industries...

因传统工业衰落而没落的城市

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...a nation that prides itself on its 'waste not, want not' thrift and its environmental conscience.

为其“俭以防匮”的节俭作风和环保意识而自豪的国家

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